In the semi-finals, Paes and Dlouhy will face the second seeded pair of Canadian Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia.

Nestor and Zimonjic had to overcome tough competition and were stretched to a four setter by South African Kevin Anderson and Swedish Robert Lindstedt. Nestor and Zimonjic won 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 in the epic encounter that lasted 157 minutes.